Auguste baebiee and febnakd maloubiee



-A. BARBIER & F. 'MALOUBIER. Bracelet.

No. 228,723. Patented June 15,1880.

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHDGRAPPIER, WASHlNG'TON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTE BARRIER AND FERNAND MALOUBIER, OF PARlS, FRANCE.

BRACELET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,723, dated June 15,1880,

Application filed J annary 14, 1880. Patented in France July 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AUGUSTE BARRIER and FERNAND lVIALOUBIER, both ofParis, in the Republic of France, have jointly invented certainImprovements in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fastenings for ladies bracelets, which aresecured by means of a rotating key, the improvement consisting inproviding guide-pieces whereby the parts of the bracelet are preventedfrom being slipped past each other at the point of fastening and thecatch thus disengaged.

In the drawings which serve to illustrate our invention, Figure lis aperspective view, showing the bracelet open. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof the bracelet, showing it closed and locked. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview arranged to show the mechanism of the fastening or look.

Let A and B represent the two halves or segments of the bracelet, hingedin the usual manner at a. The part A bears a spring latch or piece, 1),arranged preferably in the hollow of the bracelet between its outer. andinner faces. This latch plays in a plane parallel to the face of thebracelet, and has a triangular beveled head, 0. The head 0 projectsbeyond the end of the part A, and is arranged to engage a beveled catch,(1, on the part B when the bracelet is closed.

One of the parts, as A, is provided with guide-pieces e e, which entercorresponding recesses or hollows in the opposite piece. These hold theparts in position when the bracelet is closed, and prevent the latchfrom being disengaged by forcibly sliding the parts past each other.

As the latch b is entirely concealed when the bracelet is fastened onthe arm, and as no part of it project-s whereby it may be disengaged, itfollows that it can only be released from its engagement with the catchby extraneous means. To this end we provide a key, j, which may beinserted in the key-hole g in the part B. When this key is inserted andturned its ward takes under the head cot the latch and lifts it free ofthe catch d, thus permitting the bracelet to be opened. The key f may beattached to the bracelet by a chain and serve as an ornament; or it maybe entirely detached, as desired; or it might be in some cases fixedpermanently in the key-hole, but be arranged to rotate. In this case itwould provide in a good degree against the dctachmentof the braceletfrom the arm by accident, as a circular or twisting motion would berequired to make it effective.

In lieu of the key any similar instrument might be employed to pick thelock or raise the latch-as, for instance, a bent wire or pin.

We claim- The combination of the parts A B, hinged together to form abracelet, with the guidepieces 6 c, spring-latch I), catch (1, and keyf, all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specificationbefore two subscribing witnesses.

AUGTE. BARBIER. F, MALOUBIER.

Witnesses R0131. M. HooPER, A. CABY.

